Produced by Sonya Schermann, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Light Invisible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ “_She moves in tumult: round her lies The silence of the world of grace; The twilight of our mysteries Shines like high noon-day on her face, Our piteous guesses, dim with fears, She touches, handles, sees, and hears._ * * * * * “_A willing sacrifice, she takes The burden of our Fall within; Holy she stands; while on her breaks The lightning of the wrath of sin: She drinks her Saviour’s Cup of pain, And, one with Jesus, thirsts again._” THE CONTEMPLATIVE SOUL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ ------- THE LORD OF THE WORLD BY WHAT AUTHORITY? THE KING’S ACHIEVEMENT THE QUEEN’S TRAGEDY RICHARD RAYNAL, SOLITARY THE SENTIMENTALISTS A MIRROR OF SHALOTT ------- A BOOK OF THE LOVE OF JESUS ------- SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Light Invisible By Robert Hugh Benson _Author of_ “The King’s Achievement,” “By What Authority?” “The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary,” “A Book of the Love of Jesus,” etc. NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO BENZIGER BROTHERS PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE 1910 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preface _My friend, whose talk I have reported in this book so far as I am able, would be the first to disclaim (as indeed he was always anxious to do) the rôle of an accredited teacher, other than that which his sacred office conferred on him._